”“Sorry,” murmured Abi with a slight smile as Artello adjusted several settings via his ubiquitous phone link.“No problem,” Artello replied ...s he switched the machine back on again. “Good Gods!”“Problem?” Jemima asked.“I thought John and the other ... Mages you sent were extreme in their brain activity. This is ... this is something else entirely, I’m not sure if the helmet will work, or if it does that it would be safe for you,” he semi-apologised.Whereas earlier tests on me had shown the. .. toward women. But I did tell him why."Several weeks ago, some girlfriends talked me into a 'girls' night out.' I got a sitter for my two children, and we went to a bar. A young guy... in his early twenties... came on to me." How old are you?" he interrupted."Thirty-four." Why was he attracted to you?" But I could tell that Dr. Aboud was attracted to me, too. I guess I'm kind of good-looking, young looking, even sexy. Tall and slender, but shapely. Not big breasts, but nice breasts. I gulped.. " So what do you want to do, have you talked to anyone else?" Only Jenny and Karen, they feel sorry for me, but they can't help. Whatcan I do, I am desperate?" Here, blow your nose and dry your eyes. What would you like me to do?" Can you find a way of stopping me turning into a man? Can you find a waythat I can become a girl?" I have always known that you were not like your brother. I wondered ifyou might be gay, so I did lots of reading about that. I haven't done anyreading about changing to. I was about to be sworn in as mayor. I would get my chance to change things without using the app.Why would they put me in this position?I spent hours thinking about it. Racking my brain. It made no damned sense to me at all. Anael claimed he was my opponent. That we were playing a game, but she couldn’t tell me what the rules were. The stakes.“The rules are what you and your opponent make of it,” Anael had said. “The stakes are up to you two to decide. You have the free will to do it.”“Then.